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  • Ciba wins Allied Colloids
    On January 21 Swiss chemical group Ciba announced it is to buy UK industrial chemical maker Allied Colloids with a friendly offer of US$2.33 billion. Ciba Specialty Chemical Holding bid US$3.36 per share of Allied Colloids, knocking out rival US bidder Hercules.
    February 01 1998
  • 1997 international bond survey: a year of new challenges
    Linklaters & Paines and Sullivan & Cromwell have again risen to the top in a hectic year. Cravath Swaine & Moore and Davis Polk & Wardwell share the Yankee title. Nick Ferguson and Barbara Galli report
    February 01 1998
  • Denmark
    In 1992, the Faroe Islands, controlled by Denmark under a home rule arrangement, were hit by financial problems. At the time, Den Danske Bank owned the majority shareholding of Føroya Bank, a major Faroe Islands Bank.
    February 01 1998
  • Mexico
    The Zedillo administration continues to privatize the nation's most valued sectors, making1998 a promising year for international investors. Privatizations in 1996 and 1997, particularly in telecommunications (satellites, PCS auctions and long distance telephone competition) and transport (railways and ports), indicate Mexico's commitment to the long-term economic development model. Privatizations in 1998 will involve permits or concessions in natural gas, airports and telecommunications.
    February 01 1998
  • LeBoeuf opens in Houston
    New York's LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP has opened in Houston. It will be the firm's 19th office and its 15th in the US.
    February 01 1998
  • UK shipping lawyers ally with Singapore banking firm
    UK firm Sinclair Roche & Temperley is to form an alliance with Singapore firm Colin Ng & Partners. Sinclair Roche, which specializes in shipping law, is to cooperate as closely with the Asian banking firm as it can without breaking strict bar regulations. A merger is forbidden by the Singapore law society.
    February 01 1998
  • Swedish firm loses rainmaker
    Swedish firm Hellström & Partners, Stockholm, announced on January 12 it is excluding star finance partner Peter Sederowsky from the firm. The announcement comes after Sederowsky, who has joined rival firm Setterwalls, announced in his own letters that Hellström & Partners was to cease operating.
    February 01 1998
  • Montreal firms merge to bolster position
    Montreal firms McMaster Meighen and Mackenzie Gervais are to merge in March 1998. The merged firm will be called McMaster Gervais and will be one of Montreal's biggest, with about 100 lawyers.
    February 01 1998
  • How to defend a hostile takeover bid in Germany
    Corporate governance and insider trading rules limit the options for a target's management. Long-term planning is essential. By Philip Rogers of Arnheim & Co*, London, and Christian Altvater of Nehm & Co*, Frankfurt
    February 01 1998
  • Price Waterhouse adds Polish and Belgian law firms
    Price Waterhouse has linked with new Polish law firm Krzysztof Wierzbowski into its international network. In addition, the big six professional services firm has organized a close relationship with new Belgian firm Bogaert & Vandemeulebroeke. Both law firms were formed by lawyers leaving leading practices in their own country, and will maintain a degree of independence to avoid offending their local bar associations.
    February 01 1998
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